Climb to Everest Base Camp with IE10 and explore the effects of climate change

Want to experience beautiful awe inducing views of Mount Everest on your PC or Tablet? Now you tin, thanks to Microsoft's partnership with GlacierWorks. The newly launched HTML5 based site allows viewers to see the changes Mount Everest and the greater Himalayan regions accept faced over the last 86 years. There is no meliorate day to launch the project than today, the 60^th anniversary of the celebrated starting time ascent to the acme of Everest.

The site compares images taken by explorer George Mallory in 1921 to recently taken images of the region. The Microsoft Cyberspace Explorer Team, Microsoft Inquiry, and developers at Pixel Lab have worked difficult to make the experience a reality. The teams hopes that the images will allow people to finally understand the important bear on climate alter has on the globe.

Breashears, founder of GlacierWorks, commented on the contempo partnership and its ability to prove the negative impacts of global warming:

"I am very excited to launch this projection and give millions of people the opportunity to understand these important changes and as well to explore Everest and the Himalayas."

You tin visit the newly launched site with IE to take advantage of special touch features. In addition, other technological highlights include a gigapixel panorama viewer, which uses the HTML-5 based viewer from Bing to return panoramas containing billions of pixels, and Microsoft'southward Rich Interactive Narrative (RIN) applied science. Built past Microsoft Research, RIN, is a presentation organisation for building "nonlinear, interactive and cinematic narratives that seamlessly stitch together various media".

You tin can join in on the adventure here past trekking through the mountain ranges and discussing the bear upon global warming and other ecology changes accept on our time to come.

Do you use IE or is Chrome/Firefox your default browser? (Personally, I use Chrome on my ThinkPad and IE10 on my Surface)

Sources: Microsoft Green Blog, The Fire House

New report reveals Microsoft's future AR strategy; HoloLens 3 is dead

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New report reveals Microsoft's futurity AR strategy; HoloLens 3 is dead

Business Insider has today published a follow-upward report with more details near Microsoft'due south canceled HoloLens 3 augmented reality headset. The partnership with Samsung is said to include a headset with a fix of screens inside, powered by a Samsung phone in your pocket.

Keeping it affordable

Review: Surface Laptop SE is the new standard for K-8 Windows PCs

Starting at just $250, Microsoft's start foray into affordable laptops for the education market is a winner. With a gorgeous pattern, excellent thermals, and a fantastic typing experience, Microsoft would do correct to sell this directly to consumers too. Let's just hope Intel can brand a better CPU.